Barcelona is the capital and the largest city in Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, after Madrid. It's most famous landmark is La Sagrada Família. Construction of commenced in 1882 and despite it still not being complete is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Other sites include Parc Guell, Casa Mila, The Olympic Stadium, Parc Montjuic, the Nou Camp Stadium (home of Barcelona FC) and Las Ramblas, which is a cafe-lined street running from the port into the city centre.

Here a few of the top sights to see. Sagrada Familia by Antonio Gaudí, Address: Calle Mallorca, 401. Ottos Top Tip. Book you tickets online to avoid the big queues!

A Giant Basilica designed by the master architect Antonio Gaudí. This building has been under construction since 1882 and they've still got another 30 to 80 years (depending on funding and resources) to go before it will be finished. Just imagine the dedication, devotion and commitment involved in creating a building for that length of time!

Some people love the Sagrada Familia and some people hate it but whatever you think I guarantee it will cause a reaction one way or the other.

Another one of Antonio Gaudí's creations once again hits the top 10 most visited attractions in Barcelona. This building used to be called Casa Mila but nowadays it's more commonly known as La Pedrera which means "quarry". Gaudí was instrumental in completing this building and his characteristic wavy brick work and colourful tiles are also evident on this masterpiece.

Las Ramblas - Barcelona's most famous Street

"It is the only street in the world which I wish would never end." La Rambla starts at Plaza Catalunya and ends at the Monument of Columbus at the Port Vell harbour of Barcelona. La Rambla it is not a spectacular sight, but very pleasant to stroll down and enjoy the human heartbeat of Barcelona.

Gaudi's modernist park on Carmel hill overlooking Barcelona. The 2014 ticket price is €7 if you buy a ticket in advance, or €8 at the park entrance. To ensure the preservation of the park there will be a limit of 800 visitors an hour so it's a very good idea to buy Park Guell tickets in advance.

Parc Guell by Antoni Gaudi. Parc Guelli is a UNESCO Worid Heritage Site and considered one of Gaudi's top works. Parc Guell is a top attraction and definite must see. It is on Carmel hill so seeing this attraction means some uphill walking. The original idea of Parc Guell was to build a private and exclusive residential garden city with 60 houses. This business plan failed due to lack of interest, and in 1923 the park was given to the city council and it became the public park we can see today. There is some uphill walking but it is definitely worth seeing. Visit by taking hop-on-hop-off tour buses or metro to station.

There are lots of other things to do, hey this is not a tour guide is a "Beer Guide" so without more ado lets start with some brewpubs then some of our favourite bars etc.

Nice brewpub and relaxing atmosphere early in the evening. About 75 bottles in the menu, from around the world. Also 3 -4 guest taps alsong side 8 of their own beers. We found the American style ales the best nice and hoppy also of note was the Russian Imperial Stout. The staff are very friendly and we even got a VIP brewery tour. Lots of bar seating and a few tables and chairs near the brewery. Good tapas.

Ottos Top Tip? If you like Indian food there is a really good resturant next door.

Best Place in Barcelona to taste local beers, if you want to taste of Spanish craft beer you should go here, the selection they have is awesome, they have 40 taps of national craft beer, most craft by them. Strange beers like La Encantada will make you feel like in a time travel to the Neolitic Age and you can also speak with some brewers there. A nice meeting point for craft beer fans! If you are hungry, they do nice pairing selections - where beer ingredients are part of their recipes.

A modern brewpub just off San Antoni near Universitat station. Large single room with a mix of high, seated and bench tables. Screens have the beer list on. Ten of their own beers but not all on. Plus up to six guest beers from interesting places Tasting flight of 4 of own beers for €8 seems reasonable value. Decent enough scooping venue.

Located just around the corner from HomoSabaris and opposite their (HomoSabaris) bottle shop. Interesting long roomed bar with mostly their own beers on tap: Cool Music from the 50s and 60’s over the speakers: not too loud. Service was fine, friendly but without a smile. Beers are average, but not world class. Worth popping in if in the area.

VIC ALE aims to be a leader in the Calatan craft beer world. Beers are brewed using a traditional top fermented high temperature method followed by cask or bottle conditioning.

In July 2012 two friends decided it would be fun to brew their own beer. With new brewing kit costing a fortune, the young team looked to the second hand market and after several weeks of intense negotiation a 30 year old, 10 barrel plant was bought in London and shipped over to VIC. With Jordi as resident brewers and Rafael heading up the commercial efforts, Vic Brewery (VB) was born, named after the local city where brewery is located. With kit secured, it was time to find a suitably atmospheric building in which to house it. All manner of buildings were considered and eventually rejected until we were eventually shown an old 18th water mill, El Molí de Llobet, that was being painstakingly restored by its owner. Thanks to the commitment to respect the original look and feel of the mill, these historic and beautiful walls now house the brewery.

By far the Best craft brewery in Barcelona.. American style beers, brewed with american hops, yeast (white labs), equipment (Premier stainless) and vibes. Alan, an american brewer living in Barcelona, will show you their facilities. I recommend you join one of their brewery tours, it’s worth it! best tap Room in barcelona! They have 10 taps with primarily their own brews, two guest brews where on. There is a great atmosphere with tours and games. Food truck was simple, but delicious. Great value and really fair prices. Awesome and friendly staff.

Nice small brewpub with poor beer selection and withot any inforrmation about beer (just pale or porter). Located down near the port and towards the northern end. This is a long narrow place with the bar running virtually from one end to the other. There are stools along the bar and the only way to get from one end to the other is to go outside and back in through one of the other doors. Plates of tapas entirely cover the bar. At one end there are 4 tall tables with stools. The barman all wore captains’ epaulettes on their shirts and were'nt very talkative.

BlackLab was the 1st brew house in Barcelona. Located close to the history of Catalunya museum .. It’s a quite big place with some seats outside when the weather is good It’s basically a brew pub with 10 beers from theirs production and 4/5 guest beers. A good place with good beers! They serve food and the staff are good.

This place has massive potential. Great signage and decor the entryway is beautiful with a door that Duchamp would love. Everything is brick, rock, and reclaimed wood inside. A great beer bar that focuses on quality control and great beers. Besides their own beers they have regional guest beers and a good bottle range. Prices were very fair. Sampler was 6.50 euro. Snacks ranged from 1 - 6 euro.

Without a doubt the most brew restaurant I have ever seen. The eye for details is remarkable. The way the Brewhouse is showcased is just fantastic. A very nice interior with wooden floors, small seating groups of 4 along the wall as you enter, a bigger room with the bar at the back. 17 beers on tap, 5 house beers and 12 guests among them more Naparbier (not brewed here) Magic Rock, Boon etc. Loads of bottles in fridges as well. Good prices. Overall the beers and the ambiance will keep you staying here a lot longer than planned. Food is fantastic, a Michelin-star chef. Plus if that is Not enough? A bottle selection focusing on sour beers mmmmm

A Wonderful brewpub, awesome atmosphere and amazing food; close to biercab. A deep space with lots of seating in the back. They aim to be family friendly and have a kids area back there. There are 2 or 3 house beers then some nice guest beers from Spain and elsewhere. I wish them luck.

Possibly a Brewpub? Although there are no signs of a brew kit. They have 6 taps with a mix of craft brews from Catalonia to Germany, UK, USA also they have 2 British cask beer engines! They are very passionate about beer and it shows. Their service is excellent and they will let you have a little test if you can’t decide what to order. Their tapas is also very tasty. They also have a big bottle selection, including some of their own bottled brews. A small long bar with tables and chairs to the rear, it can get busy especially at weekends. In a nice are set on a small out of the way square. If you are visiting Barcelona, please make the effort to go here (very easy on the metro) because you won’t regret it!

A bottle shop cum tasting room selling rare Spanish micro-brewed beers. Located on a corner near the post office, four streets/alleys back from the front. This place consists of a shop area with shelves full of bottled beers in between the shelves in any spare bit of space there were several stacks of beer crates. There is also a small bar in one corner and some tall tables for standing round. There were a couple of stools on top of the grate looking down to the cellar by the window and next to a couple of fridges, also full of bottled beer. At the back was a small room with one large table and a few chairs.

Nice place, modern decor in an old school building. But they only have their own beers, brewed there, unfiltered and unpasteurized, both are mainstream mediocre pale lager types, (That you can get in lots of placed in the city). They place is packed with the "IN" crowd! Good food, but expensive. The brewery is nice and copper upstairs, and spotlessly clean stainless downstairs. Worth a visit and it can only add to Barcelona’s massive beer culture. They also have a shop selling all kinds of beer related stuff.

Not only do they have the best craft beer in Barcelona, but they also have the best people working there and great customers! Really great place for the beer lovers. Is certainly the best in Barcelona. Friendly people, nice service, great tapas, nice atmospheere. Great variety of taps and bottles they also have a newly opend shop (November 2014) right next door. Huge choice of good beers on taps (30) and lots of rare bottles. The beer is kept updated via big screens over the bar. A long narrow bar with tall tables and chairs, it gets very busy early doors. Great ceiling made out of wood. I rate this as one of my all time favourite bars.

A Bar with 12 taps with a good mix of Spanish beers and other imports. I saw perhaps 20 bottles or so. Must go place to enjoy one (or three) pints! Incredible place for a quality craft beer, good tapas and great music! Essential visit while in Barcelona.

A bit like Mikkeller and Friends in Copenhagen. It has that same sort of feel to it. A large tap list, mainly Mikkeller beers. If you want a lot of variety of breweries on tap, you’re much better off at Biercab, which is nearby. Prices are expensive, most beers ranging from € 3 to € 6.5, they have two measures, tasting glass (0.20ml) and glass (0.40ml). Just like in all other Mikkeller Bars. But this place is a nice addition to the beer scene in Barcelona.

Kaelderkold, Calle Cardenal Casañas 7

Open: 12PM - 02.30AM

Kaelderkold or Kælderkold, Danish for "cellar cold", is a craft beer pub just off La Rambla in Barcelona. When you enter, the bar looks very small (and thus crowded if there are more than 10 people present) but if you walk past the bar and down a set of stairs, the pub opens up to two larger rooms in the back. First of all, Kælderkold had an impressive bottle beer menu, surely 200+ types, including a full page of sour beers! As for draft beer, Kælderkold lived up to its name with 8 of the 15 beers from Denmark, four of them from Hornbeer alone. All in all a friendly and knowledgeable staff, some inspiring bottle beers and a cosy atmosphere in the back.

This multi-tap beer bar with 20+ taps, located a few blocks west of La Rambla, opened up in March 2016 and is owned by the people behind Kælderkold. Ølgod, meaning "beer god" in Danish, is a Norse inspired beer bar with a Viking long ship on the front sign, the beer boards above the bar written in a runic-like Script and offering five Danish beers on tap (only three Spanish). As a gastropub Ølgod they also offer tasty tapas dishes, The atmosphere is cool. All in all, Ølgod is a promising new beer bar which could be improved by offering more Spanish craft beers IMO.

BrewDog is becoming a caricature of itself! The need for never ending growth has resulted in an obvious corporate chain posing as punk when it’s more hipster than anything else. The space itself has a similar feel to their other pubs. If you want a more authentic beer bar experience, seek out Biercab, which is very near this pub or Ale and Hop, in Born. Both of those are run by locals who have presented far superior spaces with better selections, better service and a much more beer oriented place.

This place was a big surprise for me. Super atmospheere with great music. Nice selection of beers and some really tastefull dishes. All the staff are very friendly and polite. A small bar in the depths of the Born area of Barcelona. A nice ambiance, good location. Sometimes the selection may be a little IPA oriented but they rotate a lot on the 10 tap they also have 2 British Beer Engins! plus over a houndres bottles. Probably one of the best quality/price relationship in the city. If it is crowded in the entrance you can check for table at the cozy room in the back.

A marvellous selection of beer. One of the biggest in the city, and comfortably far from all tourist centers, which is reflected in the prices. Micros from all over Spain are available, plus a wide variety of beers from all over the world. Not much going for ambiance; apart from the beer, the bar is quite typically Catalan, minus the TV (always a plus). The Staff are knowledgeable and efficient. Food is just plain good, from the bravas to the hamburgers. When it’s not too crowded you might get yourself a free montadito with your beer?

Nice spot in the gothic quarter. They play good music. Staff are generally friendly but not always very attentive. Inside, you can either stand at one of the many barrells they have or sit at the big table in the back. Prices are okay considering the location; close to the old port, this place sees many tourists.

Small craft bar off the main plaza in Barcelona. Eight taps sporting a good selection of local Catalan breweries as well as international brands. As it is a bodega they also sell wine by the bottle and from barrels as well. Nice outdoor patio seating and good service.

A cosy pub with a great selection of beers, especially in bottled form. Good beer place near to Monumental Metro station. The place is small but the tables are placed very well. They have 5 taps and a very good selection of beers, From local beers to American beers including the Belgian classics and the crafts from Europe. Also works as a bottle shop.

Cozy bar in Gracia. The place is very well decorated with tapes and vinyl’s. They have 3 fridges with a huge selection of very good beers, locals, American and Danish..They also have a Brewdog tap, and two more taps with rotating kegs. Nice atmosphere and music.

Beautiful little bar in the Poble Sec area, lots of exposed brick and stone, paintings on the ceiling, basically lots of nooks and crannies where there are interesting visuals even though the place is small. Tap selection is quite interesting too, 4 local microbrews, plus the usual imports. All beers we ordered were served with care, letting time for a proper head to form and stick to the top of the glass. I’d come back here anytime for the overall quality of the experience.

L´EspumossaArt & Cervesa, Provença , 171;

Hours: L:17:00-21:00 Mar-Vie:11:00-14:00 17:00-22

Great little neighbourhood bar/bottle shop. Highly focused on Catalan beers with a smattering of European & American bottles on the shelves/fridge. Small tap selection, but all 3 were fresh. It was as simple as grab a beer from the shelf/fridge, let the owners know so they could bring glasses, drink & repeat...often! Attentive, friendly service, and always with a smile. Another place to definitely visit when in Barcelona.

Small local bar, relatively easy to find, interesting decor, friendly staff, and owner whose English is just about legible. Good tap selection, between Catalan/Spanish. Single beer fridge is full of Catalan/Spanish brews, and a good selection to choose from. Pricing is good, and beer is fresh. Didn’t try the food, but what I saw looked good; like the vegan concept. It’s an oasis in the centre of town.

Located half way up Las Ramblas on the left hand side. (facing inland). Part of a chain of cafes serving pre-cooked Austrian style fast-food. Inside the central bar is u-shaped with high stools all around it and the odd tall table and stools by the walls. The floor was tiled & there were ornate wall tiles around the edge of the bar. The ceiling was very unusual with paintings on it surrounded by wooden panelling. There is a balcony housing a grand piano overlooking the bar as you go to the toilets. The waiters were dressed in traditional Austrian costumes and the beer is served in stiens - Austrian Style. The beer was reasonably priced.

Located in the corner of a square off the right hand side off Las Ramblas. There are 2 inside drinking areas one rather small, and the other round the corner much larger with many tables. There are also tables and chairs outside in the square for use in warmer weather. The bottled beer list is fairly extensive with about 40 beers on the list. Service was very efficient.

It's a perfect place to drink good beers! I have never been to a bar with a higher ratio of beers per square meter than this one. The place is about 2m wide, 5 m deep, consists of 8 bar stools, 8 taps and roughly a dozen different bottles, of which 5 are Cantillons. The friendly bartender hardly spoke a word of English, but aided by Google translate and helpful guests we had no problems communicating. Got some interesting tapas like bacon covered hot pretzels.

Bar Bodega Bartoli, Vallespir. 41, 08014 Barcelona.

Opening hours: Mon - Fri :00 - , Sat 10:00 –

Quite a way from most of the other bars, this place is an outlet for beers from the local micro-brewery Glops. There were two available for us to try. Glops Fosca de Blat 4.5% was a cloudy, amber beer with a fruity taste. The Glops Fumada 5.1% was much paler and, as the name suggests, rather smoky in taste. Worth the walk out to for these rare beers.

Cerveseria d'Or, Carrer del Consell de Cent 339, 08007 Barcelona.

A tapas bar on the corner of Rambla de Catalunya. As well as serving a decent range on draught, it also has a decent selection of bottled beers. We tried a couple from a small Spanish brewery located just south of Barcelona. Artisanale de Tarragona Cap D'ona 6.5% (Amber, fruity & dry). This beer won the Gold Award 2009 at the National Concours. Artisananle de Tarragona Rosita 5.5%. Unfortunately they were served in Furstenberg Pils glasses. To finish off we tried Cervesa del Montseny Malta 5.1%. This was a golden beer, which is unpasteurised and unfiltered.

Converted from an old nineteenth century sweet shop, this place sells Spanish brewery Mahou beers both on draught and in bottles. It was sympathetically refurbished in the 1980's and retains lots on the original fittings although they are now filled with bottles of alcohol rather than jars of sweets.

Now for a few of the better bottle shops - micro bars;

Quilez, Rambla de Catalunya 63, cantonada Aragó

Another must visit place in Barcelona. A cozy and old-fashioned gourmet shop with a rather good selection of Catalonian beers. Many from Ca L’Arenys Guineu, Fortiverd, La Gardenia, Montseny, Cerberus and many more. it’s a medium sized deli food shop with hundreds of mouth watering products up to the ceiling, packed in two rooms; you can’t leave the shop without buying some! They have a good selection of wines A deep store with loads of things on the walls. Beer selection is at the very end. Registration of what you’re buying takes places in the area you find what you want, payment is done at the door presenting your bill. Packed with staff.

A great place to enjoy a good old Belgian beer. Specialising in Belgian beers with huge selection and good prices. Even as a Belgian, you can discover some fantastic beers that are quite rare! You also get a very good description of the different beers. These guys really know what they are talking about. You can even get some local Catalan beers. A must do beer stop on a trip to Barcelona, you won’t regret it?

BeerBox, C/ Badajoz 127

Bottle store and micro-distributor. Handles a bunch of nice new age craft beers.

A friendly and well-stocked beer store in a fairly busy area. The selection of Spanish and Catalan beers is very impressive and there is more than enough here to keep tickers busy for a long time. Besides having everything needed for home brewing and beer collectors corner.